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For many people who want to learn how to fly, overcoming the financial hurdle is perhaps their biggest obstacle. But there are ways to minimize the costs. Here are some practical suggestions from avia

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So, ever had a check flight that went so wrong?!!



I enjoy Ernest Gann's autobiographical writings, but his novels were a little melodramatic, and the movies made from them are e

I’ve always been a particular relations with islands, and flying made it even stronger. Some of my dream destinations, like the

I think I finally read enough papers on solar neutrinos (> 50, plus 5 books) that this morning I woke up and it all made sense! Admittedly I'll never understand the deep particle physics math, but

MS and the IFR Pilot are back from what has become an annual rite of passage: Taking in New Orleans. A quick review of the logbook shows we were there in April

I'd not spent much time in Florida before this trip. In fact, I'd only spent a b

I know my posts have been few and far between the last... year, and I have no good excuses. I'm blond a

Here's a story from Australia (on p.7 of the PDF) about how one pilot's attention to checklist procedures saved the air

This American Life has become my favorite podcast. Each week, they choose a theme and have three little stories about that theme. The "stories" are usually